A key sponsor of an upcoming GOP-backed police reform bill said there should “absolutely” be a ban on the police use of chokeholds, the restraint an officer used when George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis
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"Our focus is on basic things like transparency,” Lankford said, citing plans to increase access to police disciplinary records, ensure consistent use of body cameras and sending all reports of in-custody deaths to the FBI. — This Week June 14, 2020 A national chokehold ban is a key feature of the sweeping legislation introduced by congressional Democrats last week. The plan, introduced in the House, would also limit the transfers of military weaponry to state and local police departments.The Oklahoma senator's comments come after President Donald Trump told Fox News on Friday, “I don’t like chokeholds” and said, “generally speaking, it should be ended.
Lankford told Stephanopoulos he still plans on attending Trump's upcoming campaign rally in the senator’s home state on June 20.The campaign had originally scheduled the event for June 19 -- the same day as the Juneteenth holiday celebrating the end of slavery – in Tulsa, a city notorious for one of the nation's .
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